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12-letter words containing o, r, c, i, n

  • objecteering — (programming, tool)   An object-oriented design tool from Softeam, based on the Class Relation Methodology, with C++ code generation.
  • obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
  • obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
  • obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
  • obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
  • obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
  • octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
  • octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
  • offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
  • olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
  • oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
  • on principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
  • oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
  • oneirocritic — an interpreter of dreams.
  • open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
  • open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
  • optic center — a point about ten percent above the exact center of a printed page or layout.
  • orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
  • orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
  • orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
  • orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
  • organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
  • organic mode — (programming)   A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
  • organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
  • organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
  • ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
  • ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
  • ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
  • orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
  • orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
  • orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
  • orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
  • orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
  • osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
  • ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
  • other income — Other income is income that does not come from a company's main business, such as interest.
  • outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
  • overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
  • overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
  • overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
  • overcramming — excessive cramming
  • overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
  • overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
  • overdiscount — to discount excessively
  • overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
  • overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
  • overniceness — the quality of being overnice
  • overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
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